Read the excerpt from The Land."They got no business beating on you," Robert said, expressing my sentiments exactly."That's what I figure too," I said."We'll take care of 'em tomorrow," Robert promised."Now wait a minute," said Hammond. "I don't know if that's such a good idea.""What's not good about it?" I asked. "Mitchell and those other boys been beating on me for the longest time, so y'all go beat on them awhile and they'll stop."Hammond was quiet a moment, then said, "Well, I don't know if that's quite fair."